2 nd Grade Sarah Plain and Tall Research From the Coast of Maine to the Plains of Kansas By the 2 nd Grade Reading Enrichment Students Facilitator: Mrs.

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2 nd Grade Sarah Plain and Tall Research From the Coast of Maine to the Plains of Kansas By the 2 nd Grade Reading Enrichment Students Facilitator: Mrs. Fiedler

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Maine The population of Maine is 1,227,928 The capital of Maine is Augusta Chloe

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Isabel Maine Maine is the 23 rd State. It became part of the United States on March 15, 1820. Maine has lots of rocky shores, vast green forests, sparkling lakes, flowing rivers and rounded mountains. Maine was part of the Underground Railroad

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Isabel Things to See & Do in Maine Hike, bike or skateboard on the Kennebec Trail.

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Madi More to do in Maine Visit the state’s only national park Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. Swim, hike, bike, eat lobster, shop

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Evan Famous People from Maine Milton Bradley He invented many board games. “Life” “Candyland” “Battleship” Invented the paper cutter E.B White - Author He lived in Maine for 40 years. Charlotte’s Web Stuart Little The Trumpet of the Swan

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Evan More Famous People from Maine Abbie Burgess Did the work of keeping the Lighthouse at Matinicus Rock lit. Winslow Homer Famous American landscape painter and printer

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Kansas Capital is Topeka Population is 2,594,840 It became part of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase in 1861

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Madi The State Bird & State Flower State Flower is Native Sunflower State Bird is the Western Meadowlark

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Madi Kansas Corn & hay grow well in Kansas Kansas has lots of tall grass Eastern Kansas receives twice as much rain as Western Kansas

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Zach Things to See & Do in Kansas The Kansas Vietnam Memorial Fountain in Junction City, which is near Fort Riley The Statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower in Abilene.

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Zach More Things to Do in Kansas Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson. Go to a Jayhawks game at the University of Kansas in Lawrence

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Zach Famous People from Kansas Carrie Nation Leader in the temperance movement to outlaw production & sale of alcoholic beverages Robert (Bob) Dole Fought in WWII Kansas senator, serving as floor leader Ran for president